I'm ok with icing the best possible team, and I would hope he outplays everybody, but with our saturated amount of 4th line plugs I ask:

- Do we need to take on the extra contract?
- Is he THAT much better than Jackman, PL3, Bouma, Aliu, Comeau, Stajan, etc?
- Can he handle a condensed season given that he hasn't played much hockey?

Definitely, it is a long shot.. But he is in pretty good shape right now and has got more veteran experience over the others. but like you said he hasn't played much hockey in the past 2 years so I guess we'll just have to wait and see

I really like this as we can switch Cammy and Glencross for more of a shutdown line with Stajan and Glencross. I think I would rather have Stajan between Tangs and Iggy as Stajan was on fire his first full year between them until got hurt he is also a 50%+ centermen which could be a huge advantage having Iggy and Tangs have the puck the majority of the time. It also allows Cervenka to play with Hudler who is the only one who can really communicate with Cervenka since his English is rather poor. If Cervenka can't handle taking draws in the nhl it also allows Cammy to move to center and give him a try.

I also think it is smart to keep Jbo and Butler together as they proved they can long alot of minutes but with reduced ice time Jbo could be alot more effective especially if they get the 2nd lines instead of the first lines.

Under Hartley in a full year I think Stajan could be a 50+ point player again I think I would trade Stemps for a pick but thats just me.

This. Stempniak is not a fourth line player. With the offensive flare on this team there is no room for Stemps. Get some of our picks back by trading him and Babchuk. Trade both of them for an average prospect and a mid-round pick

This. Stempniak is not a fourth line player. With the offensive flare on this team there is no room for Stemps. Get some of our picks back by trading him and Babchuk. Trade both of them for an average prospect and a mid-round pick

This. Stempniak is not a fourth line player. With the offensive flare on this team there is no room for Stemps. Get some of our picks back by trading him and Babchuk. Trade both of them for an average prospect and a mid-round pick

Don't get me wrong I'm excited for the year. But if our centre depth is:

Tangauy
Backland/cervenka
Stajan
Jones

We are going nowhere. Even if we squeeze into the post season, this team does not have enough centre depth to win a series against a legit po team. Oh we'll, I'm excited regardless. The infusion of offense, bartschi, and the ??? Around cervenka are enough to get me pumped. At least feasted tried to get creative this offseason.

This team has enough offense to do some damage, but the lack of two way players and size will hurt them in tight games. It's hard to activate an offense when you can't win a face off to save your life.

If Tanguay is actually going to start off at Center, then that will probably end up being our top line, and Backlund if im not mistaken played on the wing in europe throughout the lockout where he played quite well.